Stretchable bottle container

ABSTRACT

A stretchable bottle container for usage as an umbrella accessory, or a packaging and storage container. The stretchable bottle container comprises: a stretchable bottle body ( 1 ), a bottle cap ( 2 ), and hanging accessories ( 3 ) for portability purposes. The opening of the stretchable bottle body ( 1 ) is connected with the bottle cap ( 2 ) through a detachable tightening seal connection which is airtight and waterproof. The body ( 1 ) of the stretchable bottle is a cylinder which has one closed end and one open end, wherein the wall of the cylinder contains stretchable wavy structures. The size difference between the diameters of the opening of the bottle and that of the body ( 1 ) is less than  10 %. The opening of the bottle body is soft and deformable under the pressure of finger squeezes. 
     Hanging accessories ( 3 ) for portable purposes are connectable with the bottle cap ( 2 ) through a sectional structure which is capable of undertaking repeated detachments and re-attachments or a hanging carabiner which has open and shut configurations. The present utility invention provides a stretchable bottle container with technical advantages of having a soft and wide mouth opening which is deformable under finger squeezes, compactness in stock volume, high portability, good compatibility for different sizes and a waterproof and airtight insulation.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This submission is a translation of PCT application PCT/CN2015/000403 for entry into the national phase of United States, and claims priority to patent number ZL2014 2 0448924.3, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

This invention relates to an accessory of umbrellas or a packaging and storage product for miscellaneous items. More particularly, the invention relates to a stretchable bottle container.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

When the working-class take a ride on a stuffed and crowded public transportation during rainy days, each one of them holds the bar handle with one hand while the other hand is occupied with a folding umbrella dripping water down to the ground. It becomes a difficult to handle item when the umbrella keeps dripping water in an area which is high densely populated and it can easily wet the clothing and shoes of the owner and that of the persons being around. Moreover, for a majority of people who have formed the habit of looking at their cellphones while taking a ride it will be awkwardly impossible to do that during those raining days.

There are some technical problems with the conventional solutions which are listed as follows:

The usual umbrella containers supported via conventional technologies are: not waterproof (as shown in FIG. 1) and capable of being placed only in a vertical position, not a free-style position within a handbag; difficult to carry and transport in batches because of their bulky volume; inconvenient to take out the umbrellas, especially when tilted to do this the residual water will come out; relatively more restraining to a user in the choices of outfits due to their low portability; fixed in terms of volume with low compatibility for umbrellas in variable sizes presenting problems of unwise utilization of space with frequent occurring scenarios of a big bottle container being used for a much smaller umbrella and hence potentially low utilization rate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The objects of the present utility invention are achieved by providing a stretchable bottle container as a solution for the problems with conventional technologies such as, bulky volume, inconvenience of taking out the umbrella, residue water out pouring from a container when tilted to take out the umbrella, non-water proof, low portability, compatibility and utilization rate.

The invention provides a stretchable bottle container which comprises a stretchable bottle body (1) and a bottle cap (2), wherein the opening of the stretchable bottle body (1) is connected with the bottle cap (2) through a detachable tightening seal connection which is airtight and waterproof and the stretchable bottle body (1) is a cylinder which has one closed end and one open end, and the wall of the cylinder contains stretchable wavy structures. The size difference between the diameters of the opening of the bottle and that of the bottle body (1) is less than 10%. The opening of the body is soft and deformable under the pressure of finger squeezes.

At the bottom of the stretchable bottle container, there is an optional configuration of zero or one molded hanging hole or an assembly of accessories with hanging holes (6).

-   -   Optionally, the bottle cap (2) is equipped with a collar ring         (7) which can be assembled onto the opening of the stretchable         bottle body.     -   Optionally, the bottle cap (2) is configured with at least one         molded hanging hole or an assembly of accessories with hanging         holes (5).     -   Optionally, the stretchable bottle container comprises zero or         at least one hanging accessory (3) for portability purposes.     -   Optionally, the portable hanging accessories (3) are exemplified         as hanging rings, hanging strings, hanging straps, hanging         carabiners or a combination of the aforementioned.

The present invention in one preferred embodiment provides a stretchable bottle container with a characteristic of being stretchable and compressible. When taking an umbrella out of the stretchable bottle container, a person only needs to open the bottle cap first, while maintaining the opening of the bottle facing upwards, then with one hand holding the top opening of the bottle and the other hand slightly holding the bottom of the bottle by which force the length of the body of the bottle is shortened to from compression and the umbrella is coming out from the opening of the bottle. At this moment, using one hand slightly holding the opening of the bottle and fixing the positioning of the umbrella and the opening of the bottle, the person can easily take the umbrella out from the bottle container with another hand without any residue water spilling out of the bottle. The bottle container is at its normal length when being utilized as a container. After the umbrella is taken out to be used, the bottle container is compressible in length and maintains its compressed status with its cap being closed on, which makes it very convenient to be carried along or put in a bag due to its compactness in size. Hence, the stretchable bottle container has the capability of offering easiness of out-taking an umbrella, as well as advantages of non-contamination of the ground from water spilling, compactness in size when unoccupied, and high portability and compatibility.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a schematic structure diagram of the invention used as an umbrella container;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic structure diagram of the stretchable bottle container;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the bottle cap and collar ring;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of the stretchable bottle container with a variety of hanging accessories while containing an umbrella;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic outline with the bottle cap being opened;

FIG. 6 shows a schematic diagram of taking an umbrella out of the stretchable bottle container without water spill;

FIG. 7 depicts the stretchable bottle container containing an umbrella in the side pocket of a backpack;

FIG. 8 shows the method of utilizing a long strap with the stretchable bottle container;

FIG. 9 shows another method of utilizing a long strap with the stretchable bottle container;

FIG. 10 depicts the stretchable bottle container hanging on a belt;

FIG. 11 shows the silhouette of the stretchable bottle container containing an umbrella in a handbag;

FIG. 12 depicts the stretchable bottle container hanging on the handle of an umbrella after being compressed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The objectives, aspects and advantages of the present invention are more apparent from the following detailed description, particularly when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, it should be comprehended that the following detailed description of preferred embodiments are used solely for the purpose of further explanation of rather than providing any limitation to the present invention.

As an embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the stretchable bottle container comprises: a stretchable body (1) and a bottle cap (2), wherein the opening of the stretchable bottle body (1) is connected with the bottle cap (2) through a detachable tightening seal connection which is airtight and waterproof and the stretchable bottle body (1) is a cylinder which has one closed end and one open end, and the wall of the cylinder contains stretchable wavy structures. The size difference between the diameters of the opening of the bottle and that of the bottle body (1) is less than 10%. The opening of the bottle body is soft and deformable under the pressure of finger squeezes.

As shown in FIG. 6, the present invention provides a stretchable bottle container with an advantageous characteristic of being stretchable and compressible. When taking an umbrella out from the stretchable bottle container, a person only needs to open the bottle cap first while maintaining the opening of the bottle facing upwards, then with one hand holding the top opening of the bottle and the other hand slightly holding the bottom of the bottle by which force the length of the body of the bottle is shortened from compression and the umbrella is coming out of the opening of the bottle. At this moment, using one hand slight holding the opening of the bottle and fixing the positioning of the umbrella and the opening of the bottle, with another hand, the person can easily take the umbrella out from the bottle container without any residue water out spilling.

FIG. 4 depicts the status of the stretchable bottle container after compression. After the item contained inside of the stretchable bottle container is taken out, a majority of the air originally existing within the bottle (1) is squeezed out and because of the waterproof and airtight configuration of connection between the opening of the bottle (1) and the bottle cap (2) as well as a cap being closed on, the pressure within the bottle is lower than that of the atmosphere due to a tendency of restoring to its original length, the stretchable bottle body will not fully extend. Similarly, when an item is put into the bottle, we can cap the bottle closed after compressing the extra space to achieve a relatively smaller volume of the package for space optimization and utilization. As shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, the stretchable bottle container containing an umbrella is capable of being placed at a random angle without any water spilling issue because of its detachable waterproof tightening connection between the opening of the stretchable body (1) and the bottle cap (2). It is more versatile and flexible as a carry on item because of its waterproof attribution when comparing with that of conventional counterparts. It is for the easiness of stuffing in and taking out an item such as an umbrella that the body of the bottle is designed with one closed end and one open end as well as the size difference of the diameters between the opening of the bottle and the bottle body is maintained to be less than 10%.

Optionally, the aforementioned bottle cap (2) is equipped with a collar ring (7) which can be assembled onto the opening end of the stretchable bottle body (1). The addition of the collar ring (7) can prevent the loss of the bottle cap (2) as well as avoid any inconvenience of holding the cap with one hand when the bottle cap (2) is opened and separated from the stretchable bottle body (1).

It is worth specifying that the aforementioned bottle cap (2) can be a single component cap or an assembly of multiple (2 or more than 2) cap components while the stretchable bottle body can be a single component bottle body or an assembly of multiple (2 or more than 2) components of stretchable bottle parts. The specific embodiments of the invention are not limited to the detailed composition and combination of the bottle caps and stretchable bottle bodies.

The aforementioned stretchable bottle container further optionally comprises at least one hanging accessory (3) which can be a soft hanging accessory (3) as shown in FIGS. 2, 8, and 9, exemplified as a repeatedly attachable/detachable connecting structure such as a hanging string or a long strap; or a hard hanging accessory (3) as shown in FIG. 12, such as a mountain climbing carabiner. The adoption of these configurations enables umbrellas being carried along with ease and convenience. The aforementioned portable hanging accessories (3) are exemplified as hanging rings, hanging strings, hanging straps, hanging carabiners etc.

The aforementioned bottle cap (2) is further optionally configured with a molded hanging hole or an assembly of accessories with hanging holes (5) as shown in FIG. 2.

The bottom part of the bottle body (1) is further optionally configured with zero or one molded hanging hole or an assembly of accessories with hanging holes (6) as shown in FIG. 9. The configuration of molded hanging hole or an assembly of accessories with hanging holes (5) and (6) is aimed to achieve the convenience and flexibility in the choice of or exchange of hanging accessories at the will of a user. Some examples are shown in FIGS. of 2, 4, 8, and 9. FIG. 12 depicts that the stretchable bottle container is hanging on the handle of an umbrella after the bottle being compressed to its minimum size when the umbrella is out in service.

The utility invention can be directly hanged on a backpack clip, placed in a vertical backpack pocket, attached to a small hanging point like a keychain or inserted into a backpack side pocket which is shown in FIG. 7. The stretchable bottle container can be placed directly in a handbag after a wet umbrella being folded and capped within the bottle with a cap screwed on as shown in FIG. 11. The stretchable bottle container can also be hanging on a belt with a hanging string which has a repeatedly attachable and detachable structure configuration as shown in FIG. 10. It can be utilized in a cross-body style when using a long strap configuration as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. Besides being used as a container for a wet umbrella, the present invention provides a stretchable bottle container which can also be conveniently utilized as a portable container for liquids needed for both in house or outdoor activities or as a moisture barrier for some moisture sensitive items or small electronics such as MP3 or flashlights etc.

The present invention essentially provides a stretchable carry on bottle container which presents all of the characteristics of being foldable, water proof, portable, easy to slip and clip on, and adaptable to a variety of sizes. With the utilization of the stretchable bottle container to contain wet umbrellas in those rainy days, the problems of existence of wet and slippery ground on the public transportations can be effectively reduced and the embarrassment of getting wet or the involvement of disputes between passengers with wet clothes resulting from the wet umbrellas can be greatly mitigated. The public transportation riders can handle cellular phones, pads conveniently with the ease of at least one hand liberated from the utilization of the invention to contain their wet umbrellas. Meanwhile, it is also beneficial for those self-drivers by avoiding wetting the interior of the automobiles including upholsteries and floor mats etc.

Although certain preferred embodiments have been specifically described as above mentioned, it must be recognized that they are not limitations of this utility invention and various changes, alternatives, or modifications may be made or chosen without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and hence should be covered by the present invention. 

1. A stretchable bottle container comprises a stretchable bottle body (1) and a bottle cap (2), wherein the opening of the said stretchable bottle body (1) is connected with the said bottle cap (2) through a detachable tightening seal connection which is airtight and waterproof and the said stretchable bottle body (1) is a cylinder which has one closed end and one open end, and the wall of the said cylinder contains stretchable wavy structures.
 2. The stretchable bottle container of claim 1, wherein the size difference between the diameters of the opening of the said open end of the said stretchable bottle body (1) and that of the said stretchable bottle body is less than 10% and the said opening of the said stretchable bottle body is soft and deformable under the pressure of finger squeezes.
 3. The stretchable bottle container of claim 1, wherein the said bottle cap (2) is equipped with a collar ring (7) which can be assembled onto the said stretchable bottle body (1).
 4. As claimed in claim 1, the said stretchable bottle container further comprises zero or at least one hanging accessory (3) for portability purposes, wherein the said hanging accessory (3) is connectable with the said bottle cap (2) or the said stretchable bottle body (1) through a sectional structure which is capable of undertaking repeated detachments and re-attachments or a hanging carabiner which has open and shut configurations.
 5. The stretchable bottle container of claim 1, wherein the said bottle cap (2) is configured with at least one molded hanging hole or an assembly of accessories with hanging holes; wherein the bottom of the said stretchable bottle body (1) is configured with zero or one molded hanging hole or an assembly of accessories with hanging holes.
 6. stretchable bottle container in claim 3, wherein the said hanging accessory (3) can be any one of the following items: a hanging ring, a hanging strap, a hanging string with a repeatable attachment and detachment structure or a hanging carabiner with open and shut configurations. 